March 28, 2011

Score Not Indicative of RPI’s Effort in NCAA Tourney Loss

The following article appeared in the March 28 issue of the Troy Record.

 

TROY — Seth Appert arrived home Saturday night with this Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hockey team, spent Sunday with his family and then reflected on the Engineers' 6-0 drubbing by North Dakota in the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional.

The five-year coach had led the Engineers to the program's first NCAA appearance in 16 years. Rensselaer drew the nation's best team, North Dakota but had hoped to at least make a good showing. Breakdowns in the mental discipline —and several defensive breakdowns — prevented that, however.

The game was close for one period and, in fact, the Engineers outplayed the Fighting Sioux for a time in the first period.

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